you may have heard about the giving of the torah. you know, when g-d brought the jews to a small mountain, and spoke to them and gave them the torah.

well what you may not have heard about, is that a couple millenium beforethat event, g-d actually gave adam and noah (of whom we all descend from), these 7 laws so that by keeping these laws, the whole world can live peacefully, and make this world a place g-d can call home with the coming of moshiach for all mankind!